 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pagina’s
...Thus, 3x8x10 x3x4xi0 1x4x10 1x2x10 2T°=»20 2x6 1x6 1x2 ixl 9. 1f both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the fraction will still retain its original value. Let^ and -^ be two fractions proposed ; thenjx|=,^;... | |
 | William Kinne - 1831 - 248 pagina’s
...divided. Thus, 3x8x10 x3x4x10 1x4x10 1x2x10 2x6 1x6 1x2 1x1 9. If both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the fraction will still retain its original value. inator 5, of the first fraction, be each multiplied... | |
 | A. Turnbull - 1836 - 368 pagina’s
...same question is solved at paragraph 181, by the natural proceM 297. It has been shown repeatedly that if both terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; therefore, in reducing compound fractions, if any of the numerators... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pagina’s
...therefore the latter fraction is one-third of the former. 13. If both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the valve of the fraction is not altered. For, if the numerator be multiplied by any number, the fraction... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - 1849 - 276 pagina’s
...What is meant by the value of a fraction ! What are the terms of « fraction * What if both of the terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number? Why? Give an example. When is a fraction in its lowest terms? Repeat the rule for reducing fractions... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 pagina’s
...numerator shows how by any quantity, is equivalent to multiplying the fraction by the same quantity. 3. If both terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same quantity, the value of the fraction will be unchanged. Transformation of Fractions. The tra.nsforn.alwn.... | |
 | John Hind - 1856 - 346 pagina’s
...its constituent simple fractions. TRANSFORMATION OF FRACTIONS. 76. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be altered. For, if the fraction f be multiplied by 5, the product is... | |
 | British and foreign school society - 1857 - 548 pagina’s
...the tenus vulgar fraction, decimal fraction, mixed number, and complex fraction. Prove that if the terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction ia not altered. 3. What is the meaning of a decimal system of coinage, and show... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1868 - 170 pagina’s
...in 54 when applied to a fraction, may be modified as follows : — If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. EXAMPLE.— 3=ixj=yV In the figure AC=J of AB and AF = y", AB.... | |
 | H T. Sortwell - 1873 - 176 pagina’s
...lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms — Step I. Divide the... | |
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... can be expressed as integers, namely, 4 cents, 4 feet, 4 pounds, and so on, with kindred ideas and operations. 3. The Primary Practical Principle in Fractions. — It is clear that this complete expression for the number process is the fundamental... 
